New Growth

1994

33" x 31"

Hiroshima Series

It was rumored that nothing would grow in Hiroshima or Nagasaki for many years.  Surprisingly some new growth came quickly. When I painted this cloth I had no idea what the image was.  It seemed like a flower. Later I read this poem from Nagasaki:

Near the hypocenter blooms in dust

In front of Jizo a red heavenflower

                                    Moriuchi Masa

Poetry from The Atomic Bomb Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, edited by Kyoko and Mark Selden

Art Quilts by Barbara Moll